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58 lines
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# What is GoToSocial?
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GoToSocial provides a lightweight, customizable, and safety-focused entryway into the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), and is comparable to (but distinct from) existing projects such as [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), [Friendica](https://friendica.net), and [PixelFed](https://pixelfed.org/).
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With GoToSocial, you can keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles, without being tracked or advertised to.
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## Federation
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Because GoToSocial uses the [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) protocol, you can Keep in touch not only with people on your home server, but with people all over the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), seamlessly!
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## Mastodon API compatible
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Full support for modern, elegant apps like [Tusky](https://tusky.app/) and [Pinafore](https://pinafore.social/).
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## Granular post settings
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You should be able to choose how your posts can be interacted with:
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* Local-only posts.
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* Rebloggable/boostable toggle.
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* 'Likeable' toggle.
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* 'Replyable' toggle.
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## Easy customizability for admins
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* Adjustable post length.
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* Media upload size settings.
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## LetsEncrypt
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Built-in, automatic support for secure HTTPS with [LetsEncrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).
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## Light footprint and good performance
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Plays nice with lower-powered machines like Raspberry Pi, old laptops and tiny VPSes.
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## Easy to deploy
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No external dependencies apart from a database. Just download the binary + assets (or Docker container), and run.
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## HTTP signature authentication
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Protect your data.
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## User Safety
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Strict privacy enforcement for posts and strict blocking logic.
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## Subscribeable and shareable allow/denylists for federation
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Import and export allowlists and denylists. Subscribe to community-created blocklists (think Adblocker, but for federation!).
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## Various federation modes
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* 'Normal' federation; discover new servers.
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* Allowlist-only federation; choose which servers you talk to.
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* Zero federation; keep your server private.
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